David Moyes's public pursuit of Everton left-back Leighton Baines and Real Madrid's Fabio Coentrao over the summer compounded the likeliness of the Frenchman leaving, though Evra insists that he "loves this club so much".

"I did an interview in France and I said it was personal," he told MUTV when asked about his contract situation.

"I haven't seen what people are saying but the thing is, if someone wants to talk about my contract, which is ending after this year, they have to talk to Manchester United and with my agent.